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Mammoths Survived in Britain Longer than Thought
from the Guardian (UK)
Woolly mammoths were roaming the British
Isles for thousands of years longer than
previously thought, a new study shows.
By analysing mammoth remains found in
Condover, Shropshire, scientists concluded
that the animals were probably wiped out by
rapidly changing climate at the end of the
last ice age rather than hunted to extinction
by humans.
"Mammoths are conventionally believed to
have become extinct in north-western Europe
about 21,000 years ago during the main ice
advance, known as the last glacial maximum,"
said Adrian Lister, of the Natural History
Museum, in London, who led the study. "Our new
radiocarbon dating of the Condover mammoths
changes that by showing that mammoths returned
to Britain and survived until around 14,000
years ago."
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